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Al Jolson, once called "The world's greatest entertainer" (1886 - 1950)Tue, 25 Nov 2014 01:01:27 +0000
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By: Tommy Monahan https://jolsonville.net/2010/05/26/jackie-wilsons-tribute-to-al-jolson/#comment-144936
Tue, 25 Nov 2014 01:01:27 +0000http://jolsonville.com/?p=1109#comment-144936He WAS the greatest..My favorites are ” Night “, ” To Be Loved ” and ” Talk That Talk”..His version of Danny Boy is outta this world…R I P ” Mr. Excitement
Tommy Monahan
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By: Steve Q https://jolsonville.net/2010/05/26/jackie-wilsons-tribute-to-al-jolson/#comment-143095
Sun, 27 Jul 2014 00:05:59 +0000http://jolsonville.com/?p=1109#comment-143095]]>Lonely Teardrops is a song I frequently sing at karaoke shows. I love the song and love the way it turns out. It is so popular a song that people ask me all the time to perform it. I must admit though; that the last note is a bit high; but once in a blue moon I do nail it and wow does it feel great when I do.
The crowd loves the song and I always mention at the end, that its dedicated to Mr. Excitement; Jackie Wilson.
You da man Jackie.😁
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By: lans ross https://jolsonville.net/2010/05/26/jackie-wilsons-tribute-to-al-jolson/#comment-471
Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:08:34 +0000http://jolsonville.com/?p=1109#comment-471Jackie Wilson is the greatest r&b/soul singer of all time…period. the way he could sing “jolson” and not to mention his many rock nroll, soul & pop hits from Night, Doggin’ Around, Baby Workout, Lonely Teardrops, Whispers, he did “supper club standards”…this man put out a christmas lp, a blues lp, about 4-5 lps of standards: “worlds greatest melodies”, spotlight on JW; Body & soul”; “By Special Request” and even a live LP at the COPA, singing for a middle of the road, las vegas type market (at the time) and this was risky given the Beatles would soon invade the USA, and Motown and Stax weren’t playing, either, yet…..ONLY Jackie Wilson had the magnitude of talent to pull it off. I don’t know of any other artist since who has released a gospel LP “Shake a Hand”, blues, christmas and Jazz LP (Count Basie) Totally unheard of. He was Mr. Excitement and in a special class all his very own….the great Jackie Wilson!
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By: Travis Joles https://jolsonville.net/2010/05/26/jackie-wilsons-tribute-to-al-jolson/#comment-395
Thu, 19 May 2011 23:25:50 +0000http://jolsonville.com/?p=1109#comment-395Jackie did not die on stage in 1984, at the age of 49. He suffered a stroke and collapsed on stage on September 29th 1975, at the age of 41. He was performing on the Dick Clark Traveling Road Show while singing Lonely Teardrops.

He remained in a coma for 8-1/2 years afterwards, totally comatose. He only woke up one time for a few brief seconds, only to slip back into a vegetative state for the remainder of his life. He never uttered one word in the entire 8-1/2 years he was hospitalized.

One of his closest friends, Elvis Presley, set up a fund to take care of Jackie while he was hospotalized. One month after he slipped into his coma, his mother slipped into a diabetic coma, and died. His only son was accidentally fatally shot (being at the wrong place, at the wrong time) during a gang fight.

Jackie passed away on January 21, 1984, in Mount Holly, NJ, at Burlington County Memorial Hospital. The official cause of death was listed as pneumonia. To top all his bad luck off, he was accidentally buried in an unmarked grave in Detroit, though it was later corrected in 1987.

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By: W. Byron https://jolsonville.net/2010/05/26/jackie-wilsons-tribute-to-al-jolson/#comment-287
Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:36:54 +0000http://jolsonville.com/?p=1109#comment-287Thanks so much for posting this! Jackie Wilson is in my absolute top #5 singers of all time, and yet, I’ve never gotten to heard this album, even after reading about it several times as I am a big fan of both Jackie and the great Jolson. I appreciate you posting the liner notes and the tracks- it does not go unnoticed.
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